[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 1 (Tuesday, January 20, 2004)]
[Senate]
[Pages S32-S33]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   RETIREMENT OF PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS FREDERICA MONIQUE WILLIAMS

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize a 
great American a true patriot: Hospital Corpsman, First Class Petty 
Officer Frederica Monique Williams, a resident of Selma, AL. Petty 
Officer Williams began her career as a deck Seaman Recruit at Naval 
Hospital Great Lakes as an administrative clerk. There she was selected 
for Hospital Corpsman ``A'' School at Great Lakes in October 1984, and 
upon graduation, she was assigned to Naval Hospital Camp Lejeune as a 
general duty corpsman where she refined her exceptional patient care 
and organizations skills, and developed into a strong leader and 
manager.
  Petty Officer Williams served overseas on numerous occasions to 
include a tour at Naval Hospital Rota, Spain. While in Rota, she worked 
on a busy Labor and Delivery Unit. Once again her proven clinical 
experience, caring demeanor, organizational ability and ``can-do'' 
leadership style allowed her to excel. While assigned to National Naval 
Medical Center Bethesda, Maryland, Petty Officer Williams deployed

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on the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort, T-AH-20, during Desert Shield/Desert 
Storm as member of the Surgical Directorate. There she cared for 
hundreds of reservists that sustained orthopaedic injuries. For her 
final assignment, she was assigned as the Administrative Department 
Head at the TRICARE Mid-Atlantic, Lead Agent Office Norfolk, VA.
  In every assignment, First Class Petty Officer Williams met the 
challenge, and was rewarded with greater responsibilities and 
opportunities. Her talent for teaching and mentoring junior personnel 
about the delivery of quality patient care, customer service, and 
administrative attention to detail was instrumental in providing Navy 
Medicine, the fine cadre of hospital corpsman serving today. She is a 
hospital corpsman and leader who always put the welfare of her staff 
and patients first. Petty Officer William's performance reflects 
greatly on herself, the United States Navy, and our country. I extend 
my deepest appreciation to Hospital Corpsman First Class Petty Officer 
Frederica Monique Williams for her 20 years of dedicated military 
service and wish her and her family all the best in the years to 
follow. I am glad to hear that she expects to be returning to Selma. 
Our State will greatly benefit from her return.

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